Governor

Voting in the California gubernatorial recall election closes Tuesday night, and mail-in ballot turnout is high in areas likely to be in favor of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Whoever becomes (or stays) governor of the Golden State will have some big decisions to make, including appointing a replacement if aging Sen. Dianne Feinstein were to leave office (Feinstein, 87, has publicly...

In her first public address as she prepares to take over for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo following his resignation this week, the Lt. Governor said she pledges to listen first.

This week, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul stressed that she and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whom she will replace in two weeks, were not close and there would be turnover in her office.

President Joe Biden traveled a few miles across the Potomac River on Friday evening to stump for former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who is in a crucial race to retake his old job. It was Biden’s first in-person campaign event appearance since becoming president — one in which an estimated 3,000 supporters gathered in a park in Arlington, some without masks,...

Former Texas GOP chair Allen West, a former Florida congressman, and firebrand who rode into office on the tea party wave a decade ago said Sunday that he would run for governor of Texas in a bid to again seize on restless anger from the right.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has granted a pardon of innocence to a man who had been imprisoned for two decades before his two murder convictions were vacated more than four years ago by a judge

As Gavin Newsom faces a recall in California, many are wondering how Caitlyn Jenner might fare in a race against him. NBCLX Political Editor Noah Pransky explains Jenner has name recognition that some people might spend millions for and never achieve.

Former Olympian and reality TV personality Caitlyn Jenner announced on Friday that she has filed paperwork to run for governor of California in a likely recall election against current Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The Texas Senate has passed a bill that limits the governor’s power during a statewide disaster.

Arnold Schwarzenegger shared words of hope on Sunday in the aftermath of the deadly mob at the U.S. Capitol, while also denouncing President Donald Trump and the “spinelessness” of his fellow Republicans.

Two candidates who both served as replacement governors in the wake of a Puerto Rican political crisis are competing against each other for a chance to win the job in their own right as the disaster-struck U.S. territory holds primary elections

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is allowing his Stay at Home order issued in March to expire on Thursday and is filing a new one that will allow some businesses to reopen on Friday, May 1 as part of Phase 1 of his Open Texas plan.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is allowing his Stay at Home order issued in March to expire on Thursday and is filing a new one that will allow some businesses to reopen on Friday, May 1 as part of Phase 1 of his Open Texas plan.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is set to announce the next steps toward reopening the state’s economy during a news conference scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Monday.

Gov. Greg Abbott is planning to visit Arlington to give information to emergency management and to see what is needed here. There are now 19 Texas counties with coronavirus cases.

Imprisoned ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s sentence has been commuted. After months of speculation, President Donald Trump announced the decision as he prepared to board Air Force One Tuesday. “Yes, we commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich,” Trump said. “He served eight years in jail, a long time. He seems like a very nice person – don’t know him.”  Trump...

A white Texas Republican lawmaker has lost the backing of the state’s GOP governor for suggesting his “Asian” political rivals on the ballot were motivated by race.

Passion over years talk about removing a Downtown Dallas freeway went public with the first of three TxDOT public meetings on I-345. It’s an unlabeled elevated roadway that connects I-45 to the south with US 75 Central Expressway to the north.

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry finished up his last day as President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Energy on Sunday.

Passion over years’ talk about removing a downtown Dallas freeway went public with the first of three TxDOT public meetings on I-345. It’s an unlabeled elevated roadway that connects I-45 to the south with US 75 Central Expressway to the north.